Support



Oct. 12 1926. 1,602,493

c. E. JEWELL SUPPORT Filed Dec. 1, 1922 um|||| ||mumw INVENTOR Cha m\es E. Jewe VIZ/1% AT ORNEY Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

CHARLES E. JEWELL, OF SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.

SUPPORT.

Application filed December 1, i922. Serial No. 604,215.

I The object. of this invention is to provide a bracket or support and standard therefor on which pencils, pens, letter openers, etc.,

frames, etc., suspended.

This and other objects of'the invention wi l he fu'ly illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the bracket and standard.

Figures 2 and 3 show other forms of the bracket and standard.

In the drawings, like reference numerals indicate like parts.

In the drawing, reference numeral 1 indicates a base-on which an upright is mounted. This upright comprises the spring sleeve 2 20 attached to the base and the stem 3 which slides in said sleeve. On top of the stem is the bracket or support 4: in the form of a plate. This bracket carries a yoke 5 on the lower edge thereof which is adapted to engage with the reduced end 6 of the stem 3. The yoke is fastened to the stem by the screw 7 by which it can be clamped in any angular position desired in order that articles of different thickness may be accommodated. The plate it is inclined upwardly at an angle of about 45 from the horizontal and is provided with a series of holes 8 connected together by horizontal slots. Each of these holes is big enough to receive a pen or pencil or paper cutter or similar device such as is usually found on an office desk or table. The sleeve and stem permit the plate to be carried at Various heights.

In Figures 2 and 3 I have shown a modified form of the bracket and support in which 10 indicates the base and 11 indicates the upright. To the upright is fastened the'plate 12, the intermediate portion of which is bent practically to a right angle forming a re-entrant angle with the end parts of the plate which end parts are bent about to the sides of the intermediatepart. In the upper part of the plate is formed the round openings 13. 13 which are connected by the horizontal slots 14, 14. and in the lower part of the plate are formed the round openings 15, 15. The round openings may be used to support a pencil penholder 17. can be supported, or umbrellas, picture while the opening at the top may be .used to support a paper cutter 16 and a pen and Itwill be understood that the upright and clamp or either of them shown in Figure 1 can be used with any of the forms shown in the other figures and the. brackets shown in any of the figures can be used to support any of the devices shown in any of the other figures. Any modification in the opening that is needed therefor is within the scope of my invention.

The important principle or feature of all the forms of my invention is to provide an inclined support having a slot therein with a lower forward edge and an upper rear edge. The lower forward edge constitutes a fulcrum on which the object rests with a short end projecting beyond the fulcrum 'and under the upper rear edge which constitutes a restraining edge. The parts are proportioned to hold long slender article in a position that is substantially horizontal or a little above the horizontal, the articles being held by their own gravity and the friction they make with the fulcrum and the restraining edge. The support may be attached to a ceiling or wall bracket in a vertical position.

I claim:

1. A supporting member comprising a pedestal, an upwardly slanting angular plate having an elongated opening therein mounted on said pedestal, with notches arranged in opposing pairs along the top and bottom of said opening, said notches being adapted to engage articles of different diameters and hold them against swinging movement in said elongated opening.

2. A supporting member comprising a pedestal, a plate having an elongated opening therein with curved notches arranged in opposite pairs along the upper and lower edge of said opening, means for acljustablv mounting said plate in an upwardly inclined position on said pedestal to increase or decrease the vertical distance between the edges of each opposing pair of notches, whereby articles of different diameters mav be supported in adiustable angular positions in said pairs of notches.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' CHARLES E. JEWELL. 

